Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1960

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,846
2	Mary	1,693
3	Donna	1,583
4	Karen	1,380
5	Linda	1,306
6	Patricia	1,239
7	Lisa	1,238
8	Kathleen	1,064
9	Nancy	1,035
10	Deborah	936
11	Diane	882
12	Cheryl	852
13	Debra	776
14	Elizabeth	728
15	Barbara	671
16	Cynthia	656
17	Carol	646
18	Sandra	637
19	Ann	564
20	Pamela	537
21	Christine	526
22	Denise	524
23	Robin	500
24	Laura	478
25	Sharon	477

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	464
27	Paula	461
28	Brenda	460
29	Laurie	454
30	Judith	452
31	Maureen	448
32	Catherine	431
32	Theresa	431
34	Anne	418
35	Michelle	416
36	Janet	404
37	Margaret	400
38	Lori	390
39	Jane	359
40	Jean	358
41	Kim	343
42	Julie	330
43	Ellen	327
44	Kathy	314
45	Joan	310
46	Kimberly	301
47	Gail	297
48	Janice	294
49	Suzanne	276
50	Lynn	262
50	Marie	262
52	Elaine	259
53	Debbie	258
54	Cindy	251
55	Lynne	250
56	Wendy	249
57	Darlene	233
58	Eileen	227
59	Joyce	224
59	Michele	224
61	Jennifer	212
62	Sheila	208
63	Katherine	200
64	Jeanne	198
65	Bonnie	193
65	Teresa	193
67	Carolyn	192
68	Andrea	190
69	Doreen	188
70	Maria	183
71	Colleen	182
72	Cathy	181
73	Jacqueline	180
74	Amy	179
74	Dawn	179
76	Dianne	174
77	Beth	173
78	Judy	172
79	Valerie	171
80	Lorraine	169
81	Dorothy	165
82	Leslie	164
83	Heidi	157
84	Kathryn	153
85	Martha	145
86	Kelly	143
87	Virginia	142
88	Tammy	138
89	Tina	136
90	Ruth	135
91	Diana	130
92	Sarah	128
93	Beverly	125
93	Jill	125
93	Stephanie	125
96	Helen	123
96	Tracy	123
98	Marianne	119
99	Angela	116
99	Rhonda	116